IBO’s first report of 2016 for new laboratories outlines the construction and opening of labs in various sectors, including government, academia and biotechnology. On page 4, a table detailing the establishment of selected labs can be found, including new labs in the pharmaceutical industry. Government Various countries in Asia have broken ground on or approved […]
Uppsala, Sweden and Tucson, AZ 3/16/16—Gyros, a Swedish provider of automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays, and Protein Technologies, a supplier of peptide synthesizers, have agreed to form Gyros Protein Technologies. “The fields of proteins and peptides have merged, and hence so have we, creating a biotherapeutics discovery-to-production offering ideally positioning us for future expansion,” commented Protein Technologies […]
Minneapolis, MN 3/31/16—Bio-Techne has purchased Zephyrus Biosciences for an undisclosed amount. Zephyrus’s Z1 System is designed for western blotting of individual cells. “This new technology brings this technique to the single-cell level, allowing us to address both homogeneous sample populations with our Simple Western platforms and now heterogeneous populations at the single-cell level with Zephyrus […]
Palo Alto, CA 3/18/16; Santa Clara, CA 3/20/16; Waltham, MA 3/20/16; Palo Alto, CA 3/21/16; Palo Alto, CA 3/22/16; Waltham, MA 3/22/16; Santa Clara, CA 3/23/16; Santa Clara, CA 3/28/16; Palo Alto, CA 3/28/16; Waltham, MA 3/28/16; Waltham, MA 3/31/16—On March 31, Affymetrix shareholders approved Thermo Fisher Scientific’s offer to acquire the company for $14 […]
Company Announcements For the fiscal half year ending September 2015, Oxford Instruments sales fell 5.8%, down 2.8% organically, to £164.8 million ($253.5 million) (see IBO 11/15/15). Growth was hampered by weak global Industrial Analysis sales within the Industrial Products segment, which fell 7.9% organically. While organic growth for the Nanotechnology Tools segment was marginally lower, […]
Herisau, Switzerland 3/4/16—Metrohm, a manufacturer of chemical analysis instruments, has acquired a majority of Snowy Range Instruments (SnRI), a provider of handheld Raman spectroscopy systems, for an undisclosed amount. The firms have worked as partners in the development of the systems. US-based SnRI will now be known as Metrohm Raman and will remain based in […]
Hillerød, Denmark 3/4/16—FOSS, a provider of analytical instrument for food and agriculture testing, has acquired Soft Flow Hungary. Soft Flow provides microbead assay technologies and has 22 employees. The companies have worked together on a project for more than three years. “With this acquisition, we gain access to competencies that can further boost the implementation […]
Mullheim, Germany/Tustin CA 3/1/16—Optical solutions and components manufacturer Hellma has announced the acquisition of Axiom Analytical, a provider of optical precision modules for online spectroscopy in process industries. The company will be known as Hellma Axiom. “With the Axiom Analytical acquisition, we will ensure profitability in the industrial sector of the Hellma Group and in […]
Pleasanton, CA 2/28/16—Unchained Labs, a supplier of high-throughput solutions for biologics formulation development and small molecule chemistry, has acquired Freeslate for an undisclosed amount. Freeslate develops configurable automated solutions for drug development. “Freeslate’s scale combined with Unchained Labs’ growth and capital creates a real juggernaut in the biologics formulation process,” commented Unchained Founder and CEO […]
Stockholm, Sweden 2/29/16—Perten Instruments, a PerkinElmer company, has acquired Delta Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Based in the Netherlands, Delta manufactures analyzers and testing equipment for milk and dairy products, including IR analyzers and somatic cell counters. “Together our two companies offer the most complete range of milk and dairy analyzers,” commented Perten Managing Director […]
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